About Utsunomiya Yoritsuna
Lived 1178 – 1259 (aged 80–81). Utsunomiya Yoritsuna was a samurai, bushi and poet.
was a Japanese samurai and waka poet of the early Kamakura period.
Family His father was . He is also said to have commissioned Teika's compilation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. The collection was originally prepared (in a slightly different form to the present Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) to in Yoritsuna's Mt. Ogura residence in the Saga district of Kyoto.
He was the head of one of the chief poetic houses of the Kamakura period.
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Who was Utsunomiya Yoritsuna?
samurai and poet of Japan
When was Utsunomiya Yoritsuna born?
Utsunomiya Yoritsuna was born in 1178.
When did Utsunomiya Yoritsuna die?
Utsunomiya Yoritsuna died on 26 December 1259.
What was Utsunomiya Yoritsuna's occupation?
Utsunomiya Yoritsuna was a samurai, bushi and poet.
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